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From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
The US has public and universal education.
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
By the way, nobody has to wait for billionaires anywhere, if you want to help out in education, get up and do it.
In light of this announcement, it's worth reading the New Yorker's fantastic piece exploring how Zuckerberg's previous $100 million investment into the Newark public school fared. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/19/140519fa_fact_...
It gives me more appreciation for Bill Gate's approach, which seems much more cautious, albeit slow.
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
Because you don't have to rely on a political apparatus to spend the money wisely. By the way, nobody has to wait for billionaires anywhere, if you want to help out in education, get up and do it.
That is so obviously not the point. Education needs a bunch of investment in teachers, buildings and equipment, and your volunteering is going to make minimal difference to that.
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
The reason money from billionaires is interesting is because it's less limited by the regulations. It can be spent in ways public money cannot be used. It didn't work in Newark though, as others in the thread pointed out.
[1] http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/48630868....
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
Large portion of tax already goes into public education. Money is never enough, thus someone donating more money to education never hurts. But I fail to see connection between 'if we need more money, tax all those wealthy citizens'.
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?
(Fellow European here) Because: - Obama is a socialist - Trickle-down economics is the only thing that works - Taxing wealth is hating the rich (so basically being a nazi) - Taxing the wealthy doesn't give them a tax cut like donating money to schools or charities does - Because taxing job creators just encourages the moochers and takers (Rinse and repeat ad nauseam until it becomes a way of life)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because you don't have to rely on a political apparatus to spend the money wisely. By the way, nobody has to wait for billionaires anywhere, if you want to help out in education, get up and do it.
By the way, nobody has to wait for billionaires anywhere, if you want to help out in education, get up and do it. That is so obviously not the point. Education needs a bunch of investment in teachers, buildings and equipment, and your volunteering is going to make minimal difference to that.
Anyways, you can also donate money to a educational institution yourself.
From a Scandinavian point of view this seems like such a detour. Why wait for billionaires to be so kind of fund schools when you could tax wealth and fund public and universal education? Why do the American people chose this way time after time?